Samy, Thank you for the quick response. I am not very familiar with the mathematics of bezier curves. Is there a deterministic way of converting converting an SVG path from its representation in XML markup to an analytic representation, so that the calculus minimization may be applied?
Thanks and I look forward to hearing what you think, Jake On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Samuel Dagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Jake, > If the curve is known analytically, it is an elementary minimization > exercise of calculus. If your curve is just a bunch of points, then > you do it numerically in JavaScript. The time depends on the number of > points and the accuracy depends on the density of the points. There is > no better way to estimate the time, but just by experimenting. Cheers, > Samy > > --- In [email protected] <svg-developers%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Jake Beard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have what I think must be a fairly common requirement: I need an > efficient > > method for calculating the minimum distance from a point to a curve. It > > would be possible to solve this problem numerically in JavaScript, > but I'm > > not confident that JavaScript would be efficient enough, and I'm > wondering > > if there isn't something built into the SVG spec that might be > leveraged to > > help with this. > > > > I'd appreciate any guidance anyone can offer. Thanks, > > > > Jake > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ----Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
